The Media Has Forgotten, Have You?

There is hurt, there is trouble.
There are tears on the ground.
From the ash and the rubble, there's a cry ringing out.
You've been shaken by loss.
You've been by shattered by fear.
Give me eyes that can see it.
Give me ears that can hear.

When you hurt I'm hurting.
When you're bleeding I bleed.
When you cry I'm crying.
I am down on my knees.
When there's nothing left standing, and there's no reason why.
Let's go walking on the water till we reach the other side.

Stretch your arms and help the broken hearted.
Say a prayer that change will come.
We will fight for the children who are hurting.
Lets stand as one and come together now.

Be the light in the darkness.
Be the peace in the storm.
Be a shelter for someone when the rain starts to pour.
Be the hands that bring healing and the hands that provide.
Let's go walking on the water till we reach the other side.

Stretch your arm and help the broken hearted.
Say a prayer that change will come.
We will fight for the children, who are hurting.
Lets stand as one and come together now.

It won't be long, keep holding on now.
Hold your head high, hold your head high.
keep standing strong, you're not alone now.
Hold your head high, hold your head high.

Stretch your arm and help the broken hearted.
Say a prayer that change will come.
We will fight for the children, who are hurting.
Lets stand as one and come together now.

  

Has the World Already Forgotten about Haiti?

It has been over a month since the people of Haiti experienced that catastrophic earthquake and still today they are struggling to move forward. For days the world was glued to the Internet, television, newspapers, and magazines to see what was happening and to see how they could help out.

What started out as shock moved to swift response as Christian organizations and soon there after, world governments jumped into action. And very closely behind, people all over the world rallied in support by sending over food, medical supplies, water, blankets, and money.

But the sad fact is, it's far from over! Already the news has shifted on to other world and local events, and every once in a while you hear a blurb about Haiti and get a reminder that they are still suffering and just trying to survive each and every day.

Every day, Haitians don’t know if they’re going to have something to eat and many don’t even know where they will sleep each night. People are living in tents, under trees or on the streets. But wait.....if you think things are bad for them right now, hurricane season is coming and things are going to get much worse!

It's going take a some time for the Haitian people to rebuild their lives...not weeks or months ...but years. This country was already very poor and now even many of those people that did have homes are left without places to live. Most have no way of earning money to put food on their table for their families let alone being able to rebuild their homes. Things are still terrifying for everyone there, they have lost homes, friends and families and are struggling every day just to survive.

Please consider helping these people. There are many great organizations that you can choose from to donate your time, goods or money to. Here are a couple of organizations that we would like to encourage you to support:

Haiti Foundation Against Poverty ---http://haitifoundation.com/

Doctors Without Borders ---www.doctorswithoutborders.org

Just in case you haven't heard this.....Congress passed a law to allow taxpayers who itemize deductions on their 2009 tax returns to qualify for a special tax relief provision for donations to Haiti. This means that all donations made prior to March 1, 2010, can be tax deductible for 2009!

Have a great day, but please remember those that are suffering...

I will leave you with this.....

http://www.i-heart.org/

http://www.theiheartrevolution.com/

Help Mallery Thurlow's Foundation Help the Haitian People

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The following was taken from an article on Mlive.com about Mallery Thurlow:

Mallery Thurlow, 21, graduated from Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids Michigan with majors in business administration and Bible and went straight to work for the foundation she founded and runs, called Haiti Foundation Against Poverty.

Under her direction, the foundation has built two elementary schools and also a sponsorship program, where $30 a month provides a child's education, food and clothing. She distributes food, brings in medical care and is raising funds to build a health clinic. On the horizon: production of a calorie-rich peanut butter invented by a French scientist to nourish starving children called "Plumpy Nut".

Thurlow is a mix of tenderhearted humanitarian and unwavering tough girl. She met with armed gang members in Haiti and made a deal: she'd get their children educated if they'd give up their weapons. "They agreed," she says. Now, they volunteer at her school.

"She doesn't see brick walls -- she sees fences she can leap over to make things happen," says Kim Chapin, a 52-year-old kindergarten teacher who supports Thurlow's foundation and traveled to Haiti with her in June. Chapin tells how Thurlow skillfully faced down gang members in an area of Haiti the United Nations lists among the world's most dangerous places. "These were dangerous people, and Mallery told them, 'Look, we're here to help you, but if we don't feel safe, we'll never come back again.' She laid down the law."

Thurlow readily shows photos of starving children, ramshackle houses constructed of trash, streets filled with sewage. But when she talks about the devastating need in Haiti, she isn't overly emotional. She doesn't lay on guilt to get donations. She's straightforward, matter of fact.

She plops a piece of "dirt cookie" on the kitchen table in her small apartment. The gray shard clinks, like a piece of pottery. "This is what they eat," she says. "It's dirt, salt and lard." The price for one has risen to an out-of-reach 20 cents, she notes. "There were food riots going on in the street, tires burning. Because people can't even afford to eat dirt. Doctors are examining sick children and finding their stomachs full of dirt.

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Wow....what a thought.....they can't even afford to eat dirt. Unimaginable......

What about now? Well, you can go to Mallery's website link above and find out what you can do to help. This was taken from the homepage of the Haiti Foundation Against Poverty's website:

"Our goal is to raise $225,000 to bring a stable, prefabricated structure to Port-au-Prince as soon as possible. This will serve as a base for medical relief and food preparation during the day and lodging during the night until this crisis has passed, at which point it this building will serve as the foundation of our permanent orphanage".

Want to help? Click here: HELP Haiti!